-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Indian authorities in Mumbai were battling fires at two luxury hotels on Thursday night , more than 20 hours after a series of terror attacks that killed more than 100 people .

A fire burns through the dome of the Taj hotel in Mumbai Wednesday .

Below is a list of eyewitness accounts from news agencies in the area as well as blogs and Twitter postings .

None of the accounts or sites below has been vetted for accuracy :

NDTV.com , New Delhi Television Limited

`` I had come from the U.S. last night and was sleeping in my room at the ninth floor when at 10:30 p.m. , I suddenly heard noises in the lobby . People were running in panic . When I inquired , one of the hotel occupants told me that some terrorists have entered the place and are threatening the people , '' said a person name Punya , who was staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel .

At 11 p.m. , a hotel worker told Punya to to lock up his room and windows .

`` I started receiving calls and SMSs from friends and family members who were worried about my safety . They informed me about the gravity of the situation . It was scary , '' Punya said .

Punya was holed up in the hotel for 15 hours before he was able to escape at 1:30 p.m. local time .

`` When I was coming out , I saw a lot of blood stains on the floor , '' Punya said . `` I inquired about it and came to know that a couple of hotel staff were killed . ''

-- Taj Mahal Hotel occupant about being trapped during the attack

`` Me and my friend escaped down the fire exit , but I think they took more people upstairs . They tried to get to the roof ... -LSB- with -RSB- about 15 people , i think about half were foreigners . There were two gunmen , young boys , maybe 20 years old ... 25 . There was a lot of smoke , but they had two guns . They came from the restaurant and took us up the stairs . They had bombs . There was something , because there was a lot of smoke . They wanted anyone with British or American passport ... so I guess they were after foreigners . ''

-- Rakesh Patel , a businessman from London who lives in Hong Kong , talking about being taken hostage

`` I was just sitting and reading the paper . ... I started seeing the sound was increasing and bodies started falling and all of the bloodshed . ... People were crying ; people were limping . We were frightened ; we started to run . I was trying to see if I could see anyone carrying a gun or anything , but I could n't . ''

-- A witness in Mumbai

GulfNews.com

`` I was fortunate to have managed to escape the hostage situation at the Taj hotel located near the Gateway of India . ... I heard a loud explosion and the firing , and all those present at the hotel lobby were bundled into the hotel basement by the hotel staff . I had come down to Mumbai to meet a business client at the Taj hotel . There were people running everywhere . It was a panic situation . ... It went on for 15 to 20 minutes . After they caused an impact , the gunmen moved away , and that is when managed to escape with some others . ''

-- Jacob Joseph Thuthanparambil , a Dubai - based Indian who was in Mumbai for a meeting , described the shooting and grenade-throwing as what `` you see in video games . ''

Rediff.com -- Rediff India Abroad

`` At around 9 p.m. , all of us came to the ground floor to have dinner . When we were eating , we heard heavy firing . It was so rapid that I thought someone was celebrating with crackers . Then we heard huge blasts . The waiters told us that it seemed to be a terrorist attack . The senior staff then took all of us to the back of the hotel . We were in the swimming pool area and asked to lie on the ground . All the MPs and parliamentary officers were holed up there on the floor for some 60 to 80 minutes . We heard the sounds of firing without uttering a word . One injured foreigner was also with us . We were some 50 , 60 people , waiting to escape . We did n't know what was going to happen next . ''

-- Bhupendrasinh Solanki , the Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament from Godhra , Gujarat , who was at the Taj Hotel

`` The taxi was shattered to pieces . Only the -LSB- tires -RSB- and the chassis were left . Three people died in the taxi . One victim 's head flew 10 feet onto the divider . You can not tell who the victims were or their age ; they were injured so badly . Flesh was all around . ''

-- Bhaurao Kumbhar , a Vodafone employee , about an explosion in Vile Parle , in the Juhu region

SkyNews.com

Alex Chamberlain , a Briton who works for Indian Premier League cricket , was in the Oberoi hotel when the attackers opened fire . Chamberlain said that a group of about 40 people was `` marched up like sheep '' to the roof by a `` young guy with a submachine gun , who was about 22 or 23 . ''

The gunmen then asked if any of the hostages were British or American , Chamberlain told SkyNews.com .

`` My Indian friend told me , ` do n't be a hero ' and ` tell him you 're Italian ' and that kind of stuff , '' Chamberlain said .

Chamberlain and another man sneaked out a fire exit .

`` I phoned my girlfriend and told her I loved her and thought it would be the last time I would talk to anyone , '' he said .

Chamberlain walked downstairs and smashed a window . `` The smoke was so thick , I thought we were going to suffocate , '' he told SkyNews.com .

Flickr

A Mumbai-based photographer known as Vinu has uploaded dozens of photos of the attack to his Flickr account , showing chaos and destruction throughout the city .

Twitter

`` Emergency '' can some one check if there bomb blast of some shootout in oberoi hotel of anywhere in Mumbai ? I am at inox inside ''

`` I could hear noises outside hard to make out if it gun shootout . ''

`` when I heard noise outside you could see people scared crying ''

-- Twitter user Puneet updating the microblog from the Inox movie theater in Mumbai

`` I just heard a blast - confirmed mid-sentence by the reporter live on TV . grim situation . ''

'' @ # $ % & * in bed trying to sleep ... just heard another blast ! 5:53 am ''

-- Gaurav Sikka updating the microblog from an unknown location in Mumbai

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NEW : Hotel occupant stuck for 15 hours at Taj Mahal Hotel saw blood all over

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Man says he and friend escaped from men trying to take foreigners hostage

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Dubai-based man said shooting , grenades like `` in video games ''

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No reports , sites have been vetted for accuracy